A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Ousted AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran wins late CM Jayalalithaa’s RK Nagar seat: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s candidate E Madhusudhanan came second with 48,306 votes. DMK candidate N Marudhu Ganesh forfeited his deposit.  
  2. Jairam Thakur to be Himachal Pradesh’s new chief minister, says BJP: The decision was made at a party meeting in Shimla on Sunday attended by the party’s central observers – Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar.  
  3. Man files complaint alleging Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital overcharged him for son’s dengue treatment: The facility reportedly billed Rs 15.88 lakh for 21 days.  
  4. At least 37 feared dead as fire engulfs shopping mall in Davao city: The blaze started at a furniture store on the third floor and soon spread to other shops. 
  5. TMC bags West Bengal’s Sabang seat, BJP leads in Arunachal Pradesh and UP bye-elections: Gita Rani Bhunia won the Sabang constituency by nearly 19,000 votes.  
  6. Six minors among over 50 female inmates rescued from ashrams in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh: Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya and its founder are under investigation for alleged sexual assault and illegal confinement of children and women at his facilities.
  7. Karnataka government forms expert panel to study demand for separate religion tag for Lingayats: The seven-member committee, headed by retired High Court judge HN Nagamohan Das, has to submit a report within four weeks.  
  8. Local BJP, Shiv Sena chiefs among over 100 booked for ruckus at Hindu-Muslim wedding in Ghaziabad: They had called the marriage a case of ‘love jihad’ and clashed with the police during a sit-in protest outside the bride’s house.  
  9. Taxi driver arrested for allegedly raping woman passenger in Thane: The police also took into custody a friend of Suresh P Gosavi on the charge of abetting the crime.  
  10. Ram Lalla’s idol in Ayodhya gets blower to beat the cold after VHP threatens protest: Ram, his three brothers and Hanuman are yet to get quilts and warm clothes as per the demands of the right-wing outfit.